Looking Ahead for Changyou.com Limited (NASDAQ:CYOU); Are These Shares Ready to Go Higher?

September 19, 2016Greg Major

Investors and analysts will be paying close attention when the company posts earnings results. Earnings numbers can provide insight into a company’s overall profitability. Covering equity analysts are expecting Changyou.com Limited (NASDAQ:CYOU) to post quarterly EPS of $0.47.

The earnings report has the ability to trigger near-term movements of the stock whether results hit or miss expectations. Before the earnings report, investors might be watching directional trends of estimates. The company posted actual EPS for the last quarter of $0.62. The Zacks Research consensus estimate prior to earnings was $0.56. The difference between the two numbers was $0.06 which resulted in a surprise factor of 10.71%.

2 analysts polled by Zacks Research currently have a mean target price of $17.5 on Changyou.com Limited (NASDAQ:CYOU). The top target is presently $20 and the lowest target has the stock reaching $15 within the year. In looking at the standard deviation of all estimates, we arrive at 3.535. Zacks Research also uses an analyst ratings scale that spans from 1 to 5. Using this scale, a 1 would indicate a Strong Buy, and a 5 rating would represent a Strong Sell rating. Using all the ratings on Changyou.com Limited (NASDAQ:CYOU), the mean rests at 3.77. Breaking those down we see that the ratings are as follows: 0 Strong Buy, 0 Rated Buy, 1 Rated Hold and 1 Rated Sell.

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